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davenorth

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Registered: 2010-10-25

Posts: 16

[SOLVED] No Single Touch Response With xf86-input-synaptics 1.8.99.1-1

Upgrading to the latest xf86-input-synaptics killed single click via touch. Double and triple tap still work, and single click works if I press the touchpad down until it clicks. Downgrading to the previous version (1.8.3-4) fixes the issue. Anyone else seeing this? I'm using an old Samsung 900X1B and everything usually works great.

[Actual answer is in second-to-last post by justasug (thanks again). Basically, add TapButton1=1 to your config.]

Last edited by davenorth (2016-06-17 15:32:26)

zkanda

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Registered: 2015-06-27

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Re: [SOLVED] No Single Touch Response With xf86-input-synaptics 1.8.99.1-1

I don't really have answer to that, but have you tried xf86-input-libinput? synaptics is buggy on my touchpad and libinput works really well, might be different from yours though. You can read more from here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libinput

Dioka82

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Registered: 2016-06-13

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] No Single Touch Response With xf86-input-synaptics 1.8.99.1-1

I had the same issue  , Changed to libimput solved it   I reinstalled synaptics and in the terminal I had a line synaptics is in maintance mode.

davenorth

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Registered: 2010-10-25

Posts: 16

Re: [SOLVED] No Single Touch Response With xf86-input-synaptics 1.8.99.1-1

Thanks. I'll give it a try later today and see what happens (things are going to be too busy for a while).

justasug

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Registered: 2014-08-03

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Re: [SOLVED] No Single Touch Response With xf86-input-synaptics 1.8.99.1-1

As pointed out in that other thread, the tap-to-click options are disabled by default now. To fix it either use the Option "TapButton1" "1" option in an Xorg conf file or change it with xinput/synclient for your device (both methods are explained on the Wiki).

Can anyone find an explanation why this was disabled by default in the driver?
Never mind, I found these:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/49103
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33282

Last edited by justasug (2016-06-16 12:23:22)

davenorth

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Registered: 2010-10-25

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Re: [SOLVED] No Single Touch Response With xf86-input-synaptics 1.8.99.1-1

Aha. Thanks, justasug. I like that approach a lot better and it Works For Me. Marking solved.